dissimulate

Example Sentences

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But the Gift’s double-sided sword–ness also justifies the regime’s turning of Wakanda into an encrypted nation, a nation projecting a simulated self in order to dissimulate.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018

Aspirants to public office in the US may well dissimulate, but in a wide-open cultural landscape, with only the occasional ironic outcropping, there's hardly anywhere for them to hide.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2013

He knew how to dissimulate his intentions so well that the Orsini themselves, through Lord Paulo, reconciled themselves with him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

He was honest by nature and upright, but enough of a courtier to be able to dissimulate when he thought necessary: "A most charming lad," he replied.

From Majesty A Novel by Couperus, Louis

"What's the matter, Happy?" he demanded; but he knew now, well enough, and he was too honest to dissimulate.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville